Anyone know where I can download an old copy of CCC that works on PPC Macs? None of the versions still available at https://bombich.com/download work with PPC. I'm running 10.5.8 on all my PPC Macs if that makes a difference.
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Carbon Copy Cloner for PPC?
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3.4.4 I believe is the last version to work with Tiger/Leopard. I haven't added it to the archive yet.
Try Superduper 2.71 instead. It is free, as all versions are and I find it a tad more reliable than CCC.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
A recovery partition on a PPC Mac? Are you sure you are looking for the PPC version?
Sorry, I mean if I used that instead of CCC on my x86 Mac.
But yes, this does look like a good idea for the PPC ones - just wondering if the latest version can do what CCC does for 10.6 and beyond..?
Never tried but I don't see why not. All of these apps are just fancy GUIs for hdiutil at the end of the day.
huiutil isn't what is used. SuperDuper and CarbonCopyCloner use rsync. You can manually make a recovery partition by making a small partition with Disk Utility and then copying over a fresh installation of OS X onto it.
SD does not clone the Recovery HD partition and CCC does. Beyond that one key difference, they are very similar in function.
So if I want to clone bootable volumes, I need to purchase CCC (for my x86 Mac)?
No... you can have a bootable clone without the recovery partition on there. The issue is if you ever need to restore from the clone there would be no recovery partition to clone back over to say a new drive. Even that might be okay as long as you don't need any of the functions the recovery partition allows, such as Filevault encryption or Find My Mac. And of course you would not have the recovery partition there as a troubleshooting tool.
Personally, I would get CCC to have the recovery partition in place.
Thanks. I do think it's worth it - I've used CCC for free so much over the years that I'm sure I owe them a purchase!
But for the PPC ones, I'll have a look at SuperDuper.